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Page xviii
... ' 76 THOMPSON . From The Castle of Indolence ' Summer in the Torrid Zone Death of the Stag Winter Scenes YOUNG . Midnight Procrastination 79 83 85 86 35 92 95 PAGE AKENSIDE . For a Statue of Chaucer 97 Mournful xviii CONTENTS .
... ' 76 THOMPSON . From The Castle of Indolence ' Summer in the Torrid Zone Death of the Stag Winter Scenes YOUNG . Midnight Procrastination 79 83 85 86 35 92 95 PAGE AKENSIDE . For a Statue of Chaucer 97 Mournful xviii CONTENTS .
Page xxiv
... SCENE IN POETS ' CORNER .. THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS , FROM STOTHARD THE CAVE OF DESPAIR ....... SCENE IN AS YOU LIKE IT ' SAMSON AGONISTES . THE TRAVELLER ... THE LACEMAKER . THE MOURNER .. THE OLD CUMBERLAND BEGGAR .. THE LAST MINSTREL ...
... SCENE IN POETS ' CORNER .. THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS , FROM STOTHARD THE CAVE OF DESPAIR ....... SCENE IN AS YOU LIKE IT ' SAMSON AGONISTES . THE TRAVELLER ... THE LACEMAKER . THE MOURNER .. THE OLD CUMBERLAND BEGGAR .. THE LAST MINSTREL ...
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... scene of all , That ends this strange eventful history , Is second childishness , and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth , sans eyes , sans taste , sans every thing . MERCY . The quality of mercy is not strained ; 26 Shakespeare .
... scene of all , That ends this strange eventful history , Is second childishness , and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth , sans eyes , sans taste , sans every thing . MERCY . The quality of mercy is not strained ; 26 Shakespeare .
Page 85
... in anguish ; while the growling pack , Blood - happy , hang at his fair jutting chest , And mark his beauteous chequered sides with gore . WINTER SCENES . The keener tempests rise : and fuming Thomson . 85 Death of the Stag.
... in anguish ; while the growling pack , Blood - happy , hang at his fair jutting chest , And mark his beauteous chequered sides with gore . WINTER SCENES . The keener tempests rise : and fuming Thomson . 85 Death of the Stag.
Page 86
... , leaves His shivering mates , and pays to trusted man His annual visit . Half afraid , he first Against the window beats ; then , brisk , alights On the warm hearth ; then , hopping o'er the 86 Thomson . Winter Scenes.
... , leaves His shivering mates , and pays to trusted man His annual visit . Half afraid , he first Against the window beats ; then , brisk , alights On the warm hearth ; then , hopping o'er the 86 Thomson . Winter Scenes.
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